Ctrl Z Medicine

Ctrl+Z for Meds? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine flipping a switch to turn blood thinners on or off, like a computer command. Enter Millicent Dockerill from the University of Geneva. Inspired by findings in leeches, they set out to design a better blood-thinner.

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Tiny Treatments

Creepy crawlies… to the rescue??   This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying…   LEECHES! Dark, slimy, and definitely gross. BUT, they’ve had their uses in medicine for hundreds of years. Are there any other types of worm that could help us?   Researchers from

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